Spent a couple months assembling our costumes. We used as our sources eBay, Walmart, hobby lobby, Walgreens, Halloween City and everyone’s closet. The shoulder pads came from a renaissance festival leather crafter. Silver duct tape added flair to plain black boots and leggings. Both wigs were adapted to work for kiss. Imitation leather pants and … Read more
Well, let’s start with that I made this Gene Simmons costume, with many saying “You can buy that whole costume”. True, you now can, but a few years ago when I made it, the next year is when the already made version became available. Second, the costume you buy, wouldn’t fit either, as is made … Read more
My kids wanted to be KISS band members last year! So I took lots of black clothes, added some face paint and there you go. Little did I know what they would get so many looks, but all was good! Everyone loved them! My daughter was the only one who won 2nd place, but together … Read more
Inspired by different sources online, I managed to make a convincing Residents Eyeball. First I took a beachball, around 14-15 inches and used it as a base for paper mache. I applied 3 or 4 layers of newspaper, and then two layers of computer paper. (Also make sure to coat the beachball in vassaline so … Read more
LMFAO costumes – so easy! We got the clothes from our local RUE21, the glasses too. A black fro wig. We found an empty box and mounted a hard hat on the inside with a light that wraps around your head. We added cups that we cut holes in so they would light up from … Read more
The Halloween party we went to was all of our neighbors and good friends we see on a daily basis. When we walked in, not a single person had any idea who we were – meaning they knew right away that we were Axl and Slash but didn’t have a clue who was behind the … Read more
Since I was a teenager I have always loved the classiness of the 90’s group En Vogue. One of my favorite videos of their’s is ‘Giving Him Something He Can Feel’ and it features them in sexy curve hugging red dress with black gloves. That is a look that has always stood out to me. … Read more
So, the theme to party was Rock Stars and we didn’t want to do the obvious, I actually found a picture of John and Yoko from their wedding day that Iiked alot. My husband is tall and slim and I’m petite and olive toned so this could work! Hit the second hand with $20 in … Read more
Lots of hours in this get up, not sure how many! The armor started out as an old set of shoulder pads, added some cardboard spikes, chains, and paint! Homemage cod piece with some glitter type material from the craft section. The arm piecs are a cut up auto shade! Pair of black spandex type … Read more
Making this homemade girl group KISS costume we used a lot of tin foil, duct tape and cardboard! We also bought used silver shimmery material for the cape, and different embellishments. We bought a simple makeup kit with black, white, and green and we each did our own. Gene Simmons had a fruit roll up … Read more
This armor was made from crafting foam and fabric tac. The most difficult part was the collar and shoulders. The shoulders are made from a party hat that was cut in half for left and right. The spikes and scales are also made of craft foam..the codpiece is a leather like material and the studs … Read more
My brother is tall and skinny. His friend is short and bigger. They realized the best costume was clearly the Blues Brothers. They both were in a band in middle school (they were high school freshmen at the time), and luckily, neither had a huge growth spurt over the summer, so they both used their … Read more